One Eyed Jack
Kicking the Jokers
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He laughed and stepped away; relieved he came away unharmed. “You battle yourself on this. Right and wrong, moral and immoral; how can you debate who is to be hurt, but not who is to be healed? Do all deserve your energy and time for their wounds? How is it you decide who lives and who dies?”
He moved around to face her, “You give in to the quest so easily, and I know you care not for the order I bring, or the wars – you care for the chance to test your skill, to grow, to improve. Your limitations are only to sooth your own worries, because you fear how you hunger for it. Do not limit yourself. Embrace the desire to learn, explore every opportunity. I promise only to send the more heinous criminals to you to test your darker side, man that will receive such pain before death anyway, by you or by more conventional means.”
He paced around her, hands clasped behind his back, just as he did when giving his troops encouragement and orders before a battle. His eyes glowing with intensity, eagerness, and lust. “Tharalon, think of how great you can become, in both skills. Think of the power you can wield! Do not deny that you crave it, just as much as I crave the true crown. We can reach our dreams together.”
He offered his hand, stretched out to her, so that she might take it and walk by his side. “While you think on this, know that these gardens are yours to use. Should you accept, you can begin designing your own immediately. But just realize, I am not known for my generosity, and that I have made you a very special case. A willing partner is so much more attractive then a pet wizard, like my foe’s seem to enjoy.”
He led her back inside, and into the large grand foyer, up the stairs and down the hall to her room. “You may go anywhere but the war room, unless I summon you, or the cellar levels. One guard shall remain with you, for your own sake. Word will spread that I’ve found aid in the lost arts, and may seek to deprive me of that advantage – which would turn out ill for you, I am sure. I will take every measure to keep safe one as precious as you.” He took her hand in his and kissed her fingers, but could not hold back the smile, feeling as he had already won.
He moved around to face her, “You give in to the quest so easily, and I know you care not for the order I bring, or the wars – you care for the chance to test your skill, to grow, to improve. Your limitations are only to sooth your own worries, because you fear how you hunger for it. Do not limit yourself. Embrace the desire to learn, explore every opportunity. I promise only to send the more heinous criminals to you to test your darker side, man that will receive such pain before death anyway, by you or by more conventional means.”
He paced around her, hands clasped behind his back, just as he did when giving his troops encouragement and orders before a battle. His eyes glowing with intensity, eagerness, and lust. “Tharalon, think of how great you can become, in both skills. Think of the power you can wield! Do not deny that you crave it, just as much as I crave the true crown. We can reach our dreams together.”
He offered his hand, stretched out to her, so that she might take it and walk by his side. “While you think on this, know that these gardens are yours to use. Should you accept, you can begin designing your own immediately. But just realize, I am not known for my generosity, and that I have made you a very special case. A willing partner is so much more attractive then a pet wizard, like my foe’s seem to enjoy.”
He led her back inside, and into the large grand foyer, up the stairs and down the hall to her room. “You may go anywhere but the war room, unless I summon you, or the cellar levels. One guard shall remain with you, for your own sake. Word will spread that I’ve found aid in the lost arts, and may seek to deprive me of that advantage – which would turn out ill for you, I am sure. I will take every measure to keep safe one as precious as you.” He took her hand in his and kissed her fingers, but could not hold back the smile, feeling as he had already won.